Object points are an approach used in
software development effort estimation under some models such as
COCOMO II.
Object points are a way of estimating effort size, similar to
Source Lines Of Code (SLOC) or
Function Points. They are not necessarily related to objects in
Object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of "objects", which can contain data and code. The data is in the form of fields (often known as attributes or ''properties''), and the code is in the form of pr ...
, the objects referred to include screens, reports, and modules of the language. The number of raw objects and complexity of each are estimated and a weighted total Object-Point count is then computed and used to base estimates of the effort needed.
See also
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COCOMO (Constructive Cost Model)
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Comparison of development estimation software
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Function point
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Software development effort estimation
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Software Sizing
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Source lines of code
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Use Case Points
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